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W. S. NEVINS.

REFLECTOR AND BRACKET FOR LAMPS.

Patented Mar. 14, 1893 1- 91! I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. NEVINS, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

REFLECTOR AND BRACKET FOR LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,284, dated March14, 1893. Application filed April 25, 1892. Serial No. 430,513. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. NEVINS, of Terre Haute, in the county ofVigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Reflectors and Brackets for Lamps; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and convenientreflector and bracket for ordinary lamps.

In the drawings accompanying this specification, Figure l is aperspective view of my invention showing the reflector and bracketattached to the lamp. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the reflector, and Fig.3 is a detail view of the bracket.

The bracket is made of a single piece of wire bent back upon itself topass around the neck of the lamp. It rests on the bowl of the lamp at A.and presses against the burner at- B. A clasp and pivot O for thereflector is formed on one end of the bracket and a seat 011 the otherend at D. When the reflector is detached from the seat atD. it can beturned on the pivot at c. and by springing the bracket apart it can bepassed around the burner to readily attach or detach the same from thelamp.

The reflector may be made of any suitable material and is to be turnedback or doubled upon itself at e, so as to form a smooth surface forreceiving the clasp on the bracket. It is provided with a hole at F. forreceiving the pivot C.

This reflector and bracket may be used on any ordinary lamp and areeasily attached and removed.

I claim as my invention The combination with the lamp of a bracket formed of a single piece of wire bent back upon itself, and provided at oneend with a seat, and at the other with a clasp and pivot, and areflector having a straight edge portion and perforated to receive thepivot, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM S. NEVINS.

Witnesses:

MARX MYERS, CHAS. B. RIGNEY.

